Article: High school students get fair view of class

About 30 teenagers crowded into a training room at Virginia Western Community College for a rare peak at what an HVAC technology class would be like.

Some asked questions, some stared at their shoes. But it was the four African men -- all about two or three times the students' ages -- who didn't want to miss a moment of the tour.

In all, about 200 students from 10 high schools, along with some Virginia Western students and the four men from Virginia Tech, visited the third annual technology summit and career exploration fair at the community college Tuesday.

Evans Lampi, Luka Ngoyi, Bentry Nkhata and Joseph Mukuni left their homes in Zambia three weeks ago to become doctoral ...

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